Pleasant Grove News

Light rail transit is lauded as a congestion reliever by proponents, but this column in the Dallas Observer newspaper by Jim Schutz points out a practical problem: Do we have the technology to pull it off? Rail transit works best--both in terms of speed and cutting downon travel time--when trains work on tracks with dedicated right of way.

* Dano Graves of Folsom completed 23 of 28 passes for 401 yards and six touchdowns and rushed for 121 yards and a score in a 55-33 win over Casa Roble.

Senior Cougar quarterback Ryan Dimino rushed for a six-yard TD and completed a 54 yard TD pass to Orlando Ortiz in Del Campo's 20-7 homecoming victory over Pleasant Grove.

The first month of the season provided upsets up and down the region, but also saw the top teams rise at the end of non-league. This week, we take a look at two Sacramento area powers losing for a second straight week, Pleasant Grove looks strong in its win and Granada's big league win.

Smoke from multiple fires in Lincoln and Roseville was visible to Nevada County residents Wednesday afternoon.

A baby found floating along the Sacramento River in Sutter County is female and likely Hispanic or white, autopsy results released today revealed.

The Sutter County Sheriff's office was investigating the death of an infant found along the Sacramento River Wednesday night.

Lady Magic made it to the big field -- Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame Stadium, the site of the Women's College World Series -- on Friday, but was shutout by the defending national champion Gold Coast Hurricanes 5-0 eliminating the Elk Grove squad from the ASA 18 Gold Nationals in Oklahoma City.

Lady Magic made it to the big field -- Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame Stadium, the site of the Women's College World Series -- on Friday, but was shutout by the defending national champion Gold Coast Hurricanes 5-0 eliminating the Elk Grove squad from the ASA 18 Gold Nationals in Oklahoma City.

Dozens of firefighters needed more than two hours to get a handle on a large grass fire early this morning north of Elverta.

Mark Brunner spent three decades with the Citrus County School District. At the end of the 2008-09 school year, he retired from his position as school district executive director of educational services.

Five Sacramento area schools made Newsweek's annual list of top 1,500 public U.S. high schools.

MANNY CRISOSTOMO mcrisostomo@sacbee.com Pleasant Grove farmer Walt Trevethan walks on a levee Friday between two flooded parcels slated to grow a variant of sweet rice called Cal Mochi.

Special-needs students at Pleasant Grove Elementary now have a place to go when the stresses of school get to be too much.